The paper analyses the effects of the 1990 Brazilian trade liberalizaton on the total factor productivity, market share …/94 indicates very large total factor productivity gains in the period to 1994, which were accompanied by large falls in market …

This paper estimates the effects of trade liberalization on plant productivity. In contrast to previous studies, we … distinguish between productivity gains arising from lower tariffs on final goods relative to lower tariffs on intermediate inputs …. Lower output tariffs can produce productivity gains by inducing tougher import competition whereas cheaper imported inputs …

productivity of trade liberalization in six emerging economies. Regressions based on panel data for 28 three-digit manufacturing … industries show that productivity growth is insensitive to tariff reduction. These results are at variance with country …-specific studies which, using firm-level data, generally find a positive association between liberalization and productivity growth …

develops a theoretical model to analyse the possible effects, and presents an empirical application using productivity data for … productivity growth. As the knowledge transferred through business visits is non-rival, both countries of origin and destination …. -- International labour movements ; face-to-face meetings ; business trips ; growth ; productivity …